• High Power Laser Science and Engineering
  • Vol. 3, Issue 3, 03000001 (2015)
J. Hong1, J.-H. Han1, S.J. Park1, Y.G. Jung1, D.E. Kim1, H.-S. Kang1、*, and J. Pflueger2
Author Affiliations
  • 1Pohang Accelerator Laboratory, Pohang, Gyeongbuk 790-834, South Korea
  • 2European XFEL, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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    DOI: 10.1017/hpl.2015.18 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    J. Hong, J.-H. Han, S.J. Park, Y.G. Jung, D.E. Kim, H.-S. Kang, J. Pflueger. A study on low emittance injector and undulator for PAL-XFEL[J]. High Power Laser Science and Engineering, 2015, 3(3): 03000001 Copy Citation Text show less
    Construction site of PAL-XFEL.
    Fig. 1. Construction site of PAL-XFEL.
    FEL undulator line plan of PAL-XFEL.
    Fig. 2. FEL undulator line plan of PAL-XFEL.
    ITF.
    Fig. 3. ITF.
    Baseline gun for PAL-XFEL.
    Fig. 4. Baseline gun for PAL-XFEL.
    A schematic diagram of the ITF beamline.
    Fig. 5. A schematic diagram of the ITF beamline.
    Typical images of five screens (left to right: ‘Y1’ to ‘Y5’).
    Fig. 6. Typical images of five screens (left to right: ‘Y1’ to ‘Y5’).
    Measured bunch charge versus laser injection phase for three different bunch charges.
    Fig. 7. Measured bunch charge versus laser injection phase for three different bunch charges.
    Electron energy and energy spread versus laser injection phase measured at the spectrometer D2.
    Fig. 8. Electron energy and energy spread versus laser injection phase measured at the spectrometer D2.
    Three different transverse shapes of laser beam: Shape #1, #2 and #3.
    Fig. 9. Three different transverse shapes of laser beam: Shape #1, #2 and #3.
    Emittance as a function of the gun solenoid current for three different shapes of laser beam.
    Fig. 10. Emittance as a function of the gun solenoid current for three different shapes of laser beam.
    Emittance as a function of the gun solenoid current for three different laser injection phases using the laser beam transverse shape #2.
    Fig. 11. Emittance as a function of the gun solenoid current for three different laser injection phases using the laser beam transverse shape #2.
    Emittance as a function of the gun solenoid current for three different beam energies using the laser beam transverse shape #2.
    Fig. 12. Emittance as a function of the gun solenoid current for three different beam energies using the laser beam transverse shape #2.
    Emittance as a function of the gun solenoid current for three different bunch lengths in the case of an RF-gun energy of 5.5 MeV.
    Fig. 13. Emittance as a function of the gun solenoid current for three different bunch lengths in the case of an RF-gun energy of 5.5 MeV.
    Prototype HX undulator undergoing the pole tuning procedure.
    Fig. 14. Prototype HX undulator undergoing the pole tuning procedure.
    Measured effects of pole tuning at a 9.5 mm tuning gap. The residual fluctuation comes from the longitudinal positional error at the probe position, which is estimated to be about .
    Fig. 15. Measured effects of pole tuning at a 9.5 mm tuning gap. The residual fluctuation comes from the longitudinal positional error at the probe position, which is estimated to be about .
    Integration over a half-period around the th pole/peak position for the definition of the local- parameter.
    Fig. 16. Integration over a half-period around the th pole/peak position for the definition of the local- parameter.
    The measured local- changes due to a pole correction at the 9.5 mm tuning gap. The abscissa denotes the distance to the pole: 0 is the tuned pole itself, the two next-neighbor poles etc.
    Fig. 17. The measured local- changes due to a pole correction at the 9.5 mm tuning gap. The abscissa denotes the distance to the pole: 0 is the tuned pole itself, the two next-neighbor poles etc.
    Calculated pole gap correction based on the initial magnetic measurement and local- deviation. Most of poles need correction. The majority of those poles need a correction less than , some of them needed corrections. Except for the entrance and exit poles, which require larger correction, none are above this limit.
    Fig. 18. Calculated pole gap correction based on the initial magnetic measurement and local- deviation. Most of poles need correction. The majority of those poles need a correction less than , some of them needed corrections. Except for the entrance and exit poles, which require larger correction, none are above this limit.
    Deviation of local for each pole before (black) and after pole tuning (red). The standard deviation before correction was , reduced to after correction.
    Fig. 19. Deviation of local for each pole before (black) and after pole tuning (red). The standard deviation before correction was , reduced to after correction.
    Measurement of gap reproducibility errors.
    Fig. 20. Measurement of gap reproducibility errors.
    Optical phase error at the working gap of 9.5 mm. The rms phase jitter is , which is within the specification of .
    Fig. 21. Optical phase error at the working gap of 9.5 mm. The rms phase jitter is , which is within the specification of .
    Gap dependence of the optical phase error.
    Fig. 22. Gap dependence of the optical phase error.
    Linac
    FEL radiation wavelength0.1 nm
    Electron energy10 GeV
    Normalized emittance at injector0.5 mm mrad
    Bunch charge0.2 nC
    Peak current at undulator3.0 kA
    Pulse repetition rate60 Hz (120 Hz for 6.5 GeV)
    Electron sourcePhotocathode RF-gun
    Linac structureS-band normal conducting
    Undulator
    TypeOut-vacuum, variable gap
    Length5 m
    Undulator period2.6 cm
    Undulator min. gap8.3 mm
    Vacuum chamber dimension
    Table 1. Parameters of PAL-XFEL.
    Laser beam at cathode
    Longitudinal profileGaussian
    FWHM length3 ps
    Transverse size (rms)0.2 mm
    Gun
    Peak field at cathode
    Beam launch phase from 0-crossing38
    Accelerating section
    Gradient of first section
    Gradient of second section
    Phase of first section from on-crest10
    Phase of second section from on-crest0
    Nominal electron beam
    Bunch charge200 pC
    FWHM bunch length3 ps
    Mean energy137 MeV
    Table 2. Nominal operation parameters of ITF.
    SymbolUnitOld parametersNew parameters
    GeV1010
    mm7.28.3
    mm24.426.0
    m5.05.0
    nm0.10.1
    T0.90760.8124
    2.06831.9727
    Optical phase errordeg.
    Table 3. Major parameters of the HXU undulator.
    J. Hong, J.-H. Han, S.J. Park, Y.G. Jung, D.E. Kim, H.-S. Kang, J. Pflueger. A study on low emittance injector and undulator for PAL-XFEL[J]. High Power Laser Science and Engineering, 2015, 3(3): 03000001
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